The Oil and Gas Faculty was among the first, which was formed in 1990 in the structure of the Atyrau Oil and Gas University and was called the Oil Faculty.
By the decision of the Board of Directors in August 2022, the Industrial and Technological Faculty was separated from the Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Environmental Studies.
The Faculty of Industry and Technology was formed in 2015 on the basis of the Faculty of Technology and the Faculty of Mechanics. In 2021, the faculty was renamed the Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Ecology named after N.K. Nadirov